a cake of soap
11cake*/*/ — [keɪk] noun 1) [C/U] a sweet food made by baking a mixture of sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil a chocolate cake[/ex] She was making a cake for Peter s birthday.[/ex] 2) [C] a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked… …
12cake — n. & v. n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a quantity of this baked in a flat round or ornamental shape and often iced and decorated. 2 a other food in a flat round shape (fish cake). b = cattle cake. 3 a… …
13cake — 1. noun 1) cakes from the bakery Syn: cupcake, sponge cake, angel food cake, layer cake, fruitcake, gingerbread, shortcake 2) a cake of soap Syn: bar, block, brick, slab, table …
14cake — [[t]keɪk[/t]] n. v. caked, cak•ing 1) coo a sweet, baked, breadlike food, usu. containing flour, sugar, eggs, and flavoring and often shortening and baking powder or soda 2) coo a flat, thin mass of bread, esp. unleavened bread 3) coo a pancake;… …
15cake — noun 1》 an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc. 2》 an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and baked or fried. ↘a flattish compact mass of something: a cake of soap. 3》 the amount …
16cake — 1. noun /keɪk/ a) A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.<!encyclopedic info, and definitions of other words! A gâteau or sponge cake includes a chemical leavening… …
17cake — [13] Originally, cake was a term for a flat round loaf of bread (it is this ‘shape’ element in its meaning that lies behind more modern usages such as ‘cake of soap’). It is not until the 15th century that we find it being applied to foodstuffs… …
18cake — [13] Originally, cake was a term for a flat round loaf of bread (it is this ‘shape’ element in its meaning that lies behind more modern usages such as ‘cake of soap’). It is not until the 15th century that we find it being applied to foodstuffs… …
19cake — keɪk n. sweet baked food; shaped compact mass (i.e. cake of soap) v. congeal; coat (as with a layer of mud); become coated; shape into a compact mass; be shaped into a compact mass …
20cake — 1. noun 1) cream cakes Syn: bun, pastry, gateau, slice 2) a cake of soap Syn: bar, tablet, block, slab, lump, wedge 2. verb …
